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Definition of New sheqel
1. Noun. The official designation of the Israeli currency since 1 January 1986 (in order to distinguish it from the abolished 1980-1985 sheqel). Divided into 100 agorot and represented by ?. In English, also represented by the initialism NIS (for "New Israeli Sheqel"). ISO 4217 code: ILS. ¹
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